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BAHRAIN
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a unitary parliamentary
Islamic constitutional
monarchy
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Arabic
Manama
300 sq miles
1.5 million (2018)
$75 billion (2018)
Bahraini dinar
Shia Islam 62%
Sunni Islam 38%
Christian 15%
Hinduism 10%
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King
Since 1999
HAMAD BIN ISA AL KHALIFA
Born 1950
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Prime Minister
Since 2020
Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa
Born 1969
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IRAN
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a unitary theocratic-republican
authoritarian presidential system
subject to a Supreme Leader
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Persian
Tehran
636,372 sq miles
82.5 million (2018)
$1.5 trillion (2019)
Rial
Shia Islam 93%
Sunni Islam 4%
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Grand Ayatollah
Since 1989
SAYYID ALI HOSSEINI KHAMENEI
Born 1939
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IRAQ
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a federal parliamentary
constitutional republic
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Arabic & Kurdish
Baghdad
168,754 sq miles
38 million (2018)
$734 billion (2019)
Iraqi dinar
Shia Islam 59%
Sunni Islam 40%
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President
Since 2018
BARHAM SALIH
Born 1960
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Prime Minister
Since May 2020
Mustafa Al-Kadhimi
Born 1967
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ISRAEL
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a unitary parliamentary
republic
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Hebrew
Jerusalem
8,522 sq miles
9 million (2019)
$354 billion (2019)
New shekel
Judaism 74%
Islam 18%
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President
Since 2014
REUVEN RIVLIN
Born 1939
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Prime Minister
Since 2009
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU
Born 1949
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JORDAN
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a Unitary parliamentary
constitutional monarchy
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Arabic
Amman
34,495 sq miles
10 million (2019)
$93 billion (2019)
Jordanian dinar
Sunni Islam 93%
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Monarch
Since 1999
KING ABDULLAH II
Born 1962
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Prime Minister
Since Oct 2020
BISHER KHASAWNEH
Born 1969
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KUWAIT
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a unitary constitutional
monarchy
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Arabic
Kuwait City
6,880 sq miles
4.6 million (2018)
$303 billion (2018)
Kuwaiti dinar
Sunni Islam 63%
Shia Islam 37%
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Emir since 2006
Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al
Jaaber Al Sabah
Born 1929
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Prime Minister since 2019
SABAH AL-KHALID
AL-SABAH
Born 1953
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LEBANON
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a unitary confessionalist
parliamentary republic
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Arabic
Beirut
4,036 sq miles
6.9 million (2018)
$91 billion (2019)
Lebanese pound
Christian 40%
Sunni Islam 27%
Shia Islam 27%
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President
Since 2016
MICHEL AOUN
Born 1935
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Prime Minister
Since 2019
HASSAN DIAB
Born 1970
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OMAN
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a unitary parliamentary
absolute monarchy
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Arabic
Muscat
119,500 sq miles
4.8 million (2018)
$204 billion (2018)
Rial
Ibadi Islam 86%
Christian 7%
Hinduism 6%
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Sultan & Prime Minister
Since 1970
QABOOS BIN SAID AL SAID
Born 1940
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PALESTINE
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a unitary semi-presidential
republic
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Arabic
Ramallah
2,320 sq miles
4.8 million (2016)
$12 billion (2008)
Israeli shekel
Islam 93%
Christian 6%
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President
Since 2005
MAHMOUD MAZEN
Born 1935
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Prime Minister
Since 2019
MOHAMMAD SHTAYYEH
Born 1958
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QATAR
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a hereditary monarchy
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Arabic
Doha
4,471 sq miles
2.6 million (2017)
$357 billion (2018)
Riyal
Salafi Islam 88%
Shia Islam 10%
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Emir
since 2013
TAMIM BIN HAMAD AL THANI
Born 1980
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SAUDI ARABIA
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a unitary Islamic absolute
monarchy under a
totalitarian dictatorship
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Arabic
Riyadh
830,000 sq miles
322 million (2019)
$1.9 trillion (2019)
Saudi riyal
Sunni Islam 85%
Shia Islam 15%
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Monarch
Since 2015
KING SALMAN BIN ABDULAZIZ AL SAUD
Born 1935
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SYRIA
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a unitary dominant-party
semi-presidential republic
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Arabic
Damascus
71,500 sq miles
17 million (2019)
$50 billion (2015)
Syrian pound
Sunni Islam 72%
Shia Islam 13%
Christian 6%
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President
Since 2000
BASHAR AL-ASSAD
Born 1965
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Prime Minister
Since 2016
IMAD KHAMIS
Born 1961
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TURKEY
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a unitary presidential
constitutional republic
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Turkish
Ankara
302,455 sq miles
82 million (2018)
$2.3 trillion (2019)
Turkish lira
Sunni Islam 81%
Shia Islam 17%
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President
Since 2014
RECEP TYYIP ERDOGAN
Born 1954
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UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES
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a federal elective
constitutional monarchy
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Arabic
Abu Dhabi
32,300 sq miles
9.6 million (2018)
$732 billion (2018)
UAE dirham
Islam 76%
Christian 13%
Hindu 10%
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President
Since 2004
KHALIFA AL NAHYAN
Born 1948
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VP & Prime Minister since 2006
MOHAMMED BIN RASHID
AL MAKTOUM
Born 1949
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YEMEN
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a unitary provisional
government republic
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Arabic
Ataq
203,850 sq miles
28.5 million (2018)
$73 billion (2018)
Yemeni rial
Sunni Islam 65%
Shia Islam 35%
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The President was overthrown by
Houthi revolutionaries in 2015.
He escaped to Saudi Arabia.
The Saudis began a war campaign
agasint Yemen which has led to
famine and disease.
There are now 4 groups in control of
different areas of Yemen:
The Houthis,
Saudi-backed Hadi loyalists,
al-Qaeda & Iraq,
UAE-backed southern Transitional
Council.
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EGYPT
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a unitary semi-presidential
republic
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Arabic
Cairo
390,121 sq miles
100 million (2019)
$1.4 trillion (2019)
Egyptian pound
Sunni Islam 85%
Coptic Christians
15%
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President
since 2014
ABDEL FATTAH EL-SISI
Born 1954
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Prime Minister since 2018
MOSTAFA KEMAL
MADBOULY
Born 1966
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